Example sentences of "could have [vb pp] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I did it anyway cos later on you would have said well you could 've taped me if you want like you always do so I did it anyway . |
| 2 | You could 've fooled me , ’ she lashed at him on a half-sob , her arms crossing her chest while her hands made an effort to massage the shoulder soreness caused by his gripping fingers . |
| 3 | ‘ You could 've told me that inside the room , not drag me out here , ’ Duncan replied , irritated by the policeman 's need for secrecy . |
| 4 | You could 've told me to mind my own business . ’ |
| 5 | Well I was gon na say you could 've dropped me off at grandma 's . |
| 6 | I decided to go up and see me doctor 'cos at the time I ‘ ad about 600 that I could 've got me ‘ ands on . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm telling you , ’ she said , ‘ when I heard that big clock in the hall striking the five , you could 've knocked me down with a feather ! |
| 8 | Anyway , I found out 'oo it was , you could 've knocked me down wiv a fevver . |
| 9 | You could 've knocked me down with a feather when they tol ’ me . ’ |
| 10 | Anyway , I found out 'oo it was , you could 've knocked me down wiv a fevver . |
| 11 | Back in London after that trip she said : ‘ Nothing could have prepared me for the agony of seeing countless dying children . |
| 12 | The houses looked completely different from those in Trieste , most of which were grey and severe , and although I had seen picture postcards of Venice nothing could have prepared me for what I now saw for the first time from the steps of the railway station . |
| 13 | You could have prepared me for this — ’ |
| 14 | He could have broken me in two with one hand , but he could not break my spirit . |
| 15 | ‘ He could have called me Slim . ’ |
| 16 | Well , there are worse things you could have called me . " |
| 17 | If any BW officer had reservations about the project they could have phoned me on 10th or 11th June , particularly as everyone knew the work was scheduled to start on the 12th . |
| 18 | ‘ You could have fooled me . ’ |
| 19 | Our rental car was called a Ford Escort , but you could have fooled me ; somebody had smoothed off all the corners . |
| 20 | Well , you could have fooled me , mate ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You could have fooled me , ’ said Penny Warlock bitterly . |
| 22 | So if you can not decide what the icon that looks like a milk churn with an overgrown mushroom beside it means you can select it and discover that it means Paste Clipboard contents — oh perhaps it is supposed to be a drawing pin besides a board but you could have fooled me ! |
| 23 | ‘ You could have fooled me ! ’ she muttered , and took a hefty swig of her drink as his face once more closed up against her . |
| 24 | You could have fooled me . ’ |
| 25 | You could have fooled me , ’ he snarled . |
| 26 | The right hon. Gentleman could have fooled me . |
| 27 | ‘ You could have fooled me . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Well , you could have fooled me . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Could have fooled me . ’ |
| 30 | All I can say having watched Torvill and Dean 's peerless and emotional performances … you could have fooled me . |